The San Jose Mercury News reports QB Steve Stenstrom and DE Charles Haley remain on the top of the "want list" of the San Francisco 49ers. With DL Chris Doleman retiring, the team opened up roughly $225,000 under the salary cap. The expected retirement of OL Harris Barton will open another $225,000 under the salary cap.

The San Jose Mercury News reports, that as reported earlier, QB Steve Stenstrom worked out for the 49ers on Thursday, rolling out and throwing passes for about 30 minutes after mini-camp practice. "Everybody's been great around here," said Stenstrom, who has also worked out for Detroit but has received no offers. "Coach Mariucci recruited me out of high school, so it was good to see him again." Mariucci downplayed the notion that Stenstrom's tryout is bad news for QB Jim Druckenmiller, who is also at the minicamp. "Steve Stenstrom is coming in for a quick workout," Mariucci said. "And that issue (of Druckenmiller's legal entanglements) will resolve itself as soon as it possibly can. We are not letting that make our decision for us right now."

According to reports in the Daily Southtown the Bears are no longer interested in trading for QB Ty Detmer and will wait until June 1st to pick up a QB if Erik Kramer has not fully recovered from his injuries. The Bears believe that with this year's draft being so QB rich that going after a QB through free agency or trade would be a mistake. The Bears hope they can get one more good year out of Kramer before handing the ball over to their soon to be young franchise QB. The Bears also plan to have four QBs at camp this year, Moses Moreno, Erik Kramer, Jim Miller and the soon to be franchise QB. QB Steve Stenstrom will not be re-signed. Earlier reports from Chicago had indicated Detmer trade talks had been initiated so we'll have to see how this plays out.